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Omaha, Neb., September 05, 2012- Union Pacific
Railroad is enhancing Iowa's transportation
infrastructure by investing nearly $14 million in the rail
line that runs between Grand Mound and Boone. The project
is in progress and is scheduled to be completed by mid
November.

The project includes replacing nearly 80,000 ties,
spreading 44,800 tons of rock ballast to help provide a
more stable roadbed, renewing the surfaces at 84 road
crossings and replacing a total of two and one-half miles
of rail in various curves.

Union Pacific plans to invest $3.6 billion in its rail
network during 2012, supporting America's current and
future freight transportation needs and enhancing the
safety and efficiency of the railroad's 32,000-mile
network.

Union Pacific's capital and maintenance program exceeds
infrastructure spending of the state highway departments in
46 states. These are private investments, not taxpayer
dollars.

Improved and additional rail capacity benefits everyone. It
allows freight rail service to grow, contributing to a
cleaner environment. Union Pacific can move one ton of
freight nearly 500 miles on a single gallon of diesel fuel,
and, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
freight trains are nearly four times more fuel efficient
than trucks. Motorists also benefit from reduced congestion
on highways as a single Union Pacific train can remove up
to 300 trucks off our roads.

About Union Pacific

It was 150 years ago that Abraham Lincoln signed the
Pacific Railway Act of July 1, 1862, creating the original
Union Pacific. One of America's iconic companies,
today, Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating
company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), linking
23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail
and providing freight solutions and logistics expertise to
the global supply chain. From 2000 through 2011, Union
Pacific spent more than $31 billion on its network and
operations, making needed investments in America's
infrastructure and enhancing its ability to provide safe,
reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible
freight transportation. Union Pacific's diversified
business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive,
Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The
railroad serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population
centers and emphasizes excellent customer service. Union
Pacific operates competitive routes from all major West
Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects
with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad
serving all six major Mexico gateways.